ABB unit unveils ‘new era of automation’

An ABB Group EV charger for electric buses is seen through a fence, at an L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT) DASH transit bus maintenance facility in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 21, 2021. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo

HANOI: ABB Group opened its mega robotics factory in Shanghai last Friday, which is expected to further enhance the Swiss tech major’s market presence in both China and the Asia-Pacific region, its senior executives say.

The US$150mil (RM658mil), 67,000-sq ft factory complex includes production and research facilities, and will use ABB’s digital and automation technologies to manufacture next-generation robots.